google and facebook will lose millions in ads over extremism fears /

Published at 2017-06-22 09:14:48

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Advertisers will pull or pause campaigns amid backlash over ads appearing next to inappropriate content,says Group MAdvertisers will pull hundreds of millions of pounds in spending from Google and Facebook this year over concerns approximately ads running next to inappropriate content such as extremist sites and fake news. Sir Martin Sorrell’s GroupM, which buys more than $75bn (£60bn) of advertising space on behalf of clients globally, and has slashed its growth prediction for UK digital advertising and has blamed some of the adjustment on an advertiser backlash over the inability of Silicon Valley giants to cease ads appearing around inappropriate content.
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Source: theguardian.com